I've posted images of a two page letter which my father's sister wrote to my father - they were both born in Lithuania. He came to the US in 1934 and she escaped from Lithuania in 1938 to Uzbekistan (

Can anyone help me translate the following address in the vicinity of Grodno (Belarus), circa 1900? Thanks very much! Rafael Harpaz Atlanta Georgia Researching: Ratman/Rothman, Farber (Grodno); Tarman

Hi! I could use some help with some translations of letters from my dad to his parents. They can be found at the following links: https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101097 https

The Yiddish letter fragment below states "...has 4 sons and one daughter, and all live in the suburb XXXXX, and..." (referring to a neighborhood in the outskirts of Grodno, circa 1900. Can anyone tran

I've posted photos of five matsevot in Hebrew for which I need a translation. They are on ViewMate at the following address https://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM101349 For the nex

Join The Jewish Genealogy Society of Pittsburgh for "Once More Under the Clock: Remembering Kaufmann's" on March 26th at 11am US Eastern at the Heinz History Center or on Zoom! This is a free hybrid p

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Hello, I have seen the initials ABD after many names on my family tree, often times a Rabbi who has died. Does anyone know what the abbreviation stands for/means? Thank you. Laura Steele

Here is buried the rabbi the great tzaddik in Torah and wisdom, humble and lowly Yosef Yaakov ben Aryeh Leib HaCohen passed away to the grief of his family {unclear} Adar year 1873 {the 3rd is not cle

My great-great-grandfather Pinchas Deutscher died in Krakow approximately six months before World War II -- possibly on March 4, 1939. Are there any existing civil or Jewish community records that wou

Dear Genners, Trying to find details about Rabbi Moshe Refael Ginzburg who lived apparently in Cairo in the mid 1880s. Thanks Jacob Rosen Jerusalem

I am trying to locate the naturalization record of David Schwartz, who arrived in the U.S. in Dec. 1920, and -- if the 1930 census is correct -- was naturalized by April 1930. Not surprisingly, the Ge

We need help translating a brief inscription written in Polish on the back of a photo. Thank you . Eliyahu Allon

Moriah Amit, senior reference services librarian and genealogy coordinator at the Center for Jewish History, based in New York City, will speak online about “Navigating the Center for Jewish History C

Dear gersigs, I hope one of you could help me. I am searching for Klara Loewenthal. She lived in Unna in the Massener Str. 6/8. In 1911 and 1913 Klara lived as a widow in the old peoples home in Unna

I am looking for a family tree template (program) that I can easily create a family tree to save. Ancestry.com has a good one however I don't want to pay their monthly fee forever just to keep the tre

The Queens Borough Public Library has a program coming up about the Jewish History of Harlem. No registration needed. Mar 6, 11:00am - 12:15pm EST. Nurit Har-zvi, Forest Hills, NY https://queenslibrar

JEWISH GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF TORONTO The Shtetl: The Real, The Fictitious and the Nostalgic Speaker: Dr. Joseph Gilbert Wednesday, 15 March at 7:30 p.m. ET VIRTUAL MEETING: Join from Home Virtual do

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